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    M.P.E.C. 2005-P37                                Issued 2005 Aug. 8, 14:37 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2005 N4 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK05N040  C2005 07 14.90402 16 27 22.58 +27 41 16.3                 EP037204
    CK05N040  C2005 07 14.91530 16 27 20.55 +27 40 46.9          19.0 N EP037204
    CK05N040  C2005 07 30.93643 15 50 46.17 +16 23 45.9          19.6 T EP037A32
    CK05N040  C2005 08 03.91793 15 44 41.50 +13 48 17.0                 EP037J95
    CK05N040  C2005 08 03.92350 15 44 41.09 +13 48 04.7          19.7 N EP037J95
    CK05N040  C2005 08 05.87686 15 42 03.93 +12 34 28.3          19.4 N EP037147

Observer details:
147 Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno.  Observers D. Crespi, P. Diomede,
    S. Foglia, G. Galli, S. Minuto, V. Sacco.  Measurers S. Foglia, S. Minuto.
    0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N4 (Catalina)
T 2005 July 2.6045 TT                                   MPC
q   2.303505             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.017698       Peri.  136.5521      -0.0406388      -0.5935593
                   Node    64.0433      -0.9672082      -0.1784779
e   0.959234       Incl.  116.6275      +0.2507126      -0.7847503
From 185 observations 2005 July 6-Aug. 5.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 N4 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 08 08    15 39.47   +11 16.6    2.048    2.339    93.4    25.6  19.2
2005 08 18    15 30.29   +05 39.2    2.239    2.360    84.1    25.3  19.5
2005 08 28    15 25.15   +00 48.1    2.443    2.387    74.8    24.1  19.7
2005 09 07    15 23.02   -03 23.7    2.651    2.418    65.7    22.3  20.0
2005 09 17    15 23.16   -07 03.4    2.854    2.453    56.8    20.1  20.2
2005 09 27    15 25.00   -10 17.8    3.047    2.492    48.1    17.4  20.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-P37

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